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Sochetgarh Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sochetgarh is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 291 families residing. The Sochetgarh village has population of 1615 of which 855 are males while 760 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sochetgarh village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 11.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sochetgarh village is 889 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sochetgarh as per census is 926, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sochetgarh village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sochetgarh village was 74.62 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sochetgarh Male literacy stands at 79.50 % while female literacy rate was 69.09 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sochetgarh village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sochetgarh village.

Sochetgarh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 291 - -
Population 1,615 855 760
Child (0-6) 181 94 87
Schedule Caste 377 207 170
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.62 % 79.50 % 69.09 %
Total Workers 473 429 44
Main Worker 466 - -
Marginal Worker 7 4 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.34 % of total population in Sochetgarh village. The village Sochetgarh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sochetgarh village out of total population, 473 were engaged in work activities. 98.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 473 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.